Baby Sleep Tips

By Janerine Watson | Certified Early Childhood Education, Health & Social Care, Food & Nutrition | Mom of Three I'll always remember how bedtime looked in our house about four years ago. It wasn't a "peaceful routine"; it was a "miniature opera of chaos." There was one more book to negotiate over, frantic runs for water, and my three-year-old son telling me every night that he was really a robot and no one could find his power button. My husband and I would collapse on the c

By Noreen Johnson, Certified nutritionist, Consultant & New Parent Who’s Been There. The Night I Realized I Was Doing It All Wrong I used to think a “perfect bedtime routine” meant singing lullabies while rocking my baby until she fell asleep then carefully laying her down… only for her to wake up 10 minutes later screaming. I’d try again. And again. And again. By 1 a.m., I was crying too. One night, I whispered to my husband: “I feel like I’m failing at the one thing I’m su

By Noreen Johnson, Certified nutritionist, Consultant & New Parent Who’s Been There The Night I Almost Got It Wrong I’ll never forget the first night home from the hospital. Exhausted, emotional, and terrified I’d drop my 7-pound newborn, I lay down on the couch with him curled on my chest. He slept. I  slept — for maybe 20 minutes. Then it hit me: “Is this safe?” I scrambled to my phone, typing “is it safe to sleep with baby on chest?” at 2 a.m. Tears welled up as I read war

By Noreen Johnson, Certified nutritionist, Consultant & New Parent Who’s Been There The 3 a.m. Cry That Changed Everything I still remember it. It was 3:17 a.m. on a Tuesday. My newborn, Leo, had been screaming for 47 minutes straight. I’d tried swaddling, rocking, feeding, shushing, walking, singing — even playing that cheesy “Baby Mozart” CD I bought on impulse. Nothing worked. I was exhausted, tearful, and convinced I was failing as a mom. Then, on a desperate Google searc

Imagine this:  It's three in the morning. You've rocked, shushed, and swaddled, but what about those small eyes?  Very awake.  You don't have much coffee left, and "sleep when the baby sleeps" sounds like a cruel joke.  You're not the only one.  We've all been there as parents, needing a full night's sleep for both them and us.  That's where calming sleep music for babies comes in like a superhero lullaby.   You will learn the following in this guide:  Why some melodies work